Mike Osborne is a Lecturer in
Finance at the University of Sussex, UK. Dr Osborne’s career has spanned both
academia and industry with previous positions including: Director of the
MasterCard Academy, delivering payments education to banking clients in Europe;
Vice President at Gulf International Bank, managing HR projects and policy;
Director of Education at ACI - the Financial Markets Association - managing
ACI’s global education and examination program for financial market
professionals; Head of Banking Studies at the Bahrain Institute of Banking
& Finance; and Economic Advisor in HM Treasury. Dr Osborne has a BA in
Economics from Newcastle University, a Postgraduate Certificate in Education
from the University of Oxford, an MA in the Economics of Money and Finance from
the University of Sheffield, an MPhil in International Monetary Economics from
the University of Liverpool, and a PhD in Financial Economics from Middlesex
University.